Iranian firm supplying much needed test kits amid coronavirus surge

An Iranian company starts supplying 10,000 coronavirus test kits to the labs across the country.

An Iranian pharmaceutical company has started supplying coronavirus test kits amid a reported shortage for the much-needed diagnostics for a pathogen that has set off a global pandemic.

Vahid Yunessi, the business manager at Pishtaz Teb, said that the firm had distributed 10,000 coronavirus test kits to a total of 100 labs across Iran earlier in the day.

Yunessi said that supply to the labs began after his company obtained certificates for the kits from the Iranian Health Ministry.

He said his company was capable of producing 80,000 coronavirus test kits per week to help authorities meet a reported shortfall of diagnostic capabilities that could affect nationwide efforts to curb the spread of the outbreak.